Farage admits he discussed returning as Reform leader months earlier than previously stated

Nigel Farage, the UK political figure, has admitted he discussed returning as Reform UK's leader months before the 2024 general election, earlier than he previously stated. The Guardian reports the revised timeline potentially undermines his account of how he received a five million pound gift from a crypto billionaire. Per reporting from the weekend, Farage had struck a deal with Reform's then-leader Richard Tice and convicted fraudster George Cottrell to return to frontline politics.

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